A tribute to my friend James Lovelock
The scientist James Lovelock died this week at the age of 103. He was best known for his Gaia theory,…
A compelling, if flawed, example of the new American noir: Red Rocket reviewed
Mikey (Simon Rex) first appears striding down a road in utterly wrecked jeans and shirt. He is carrying nothing and…
Reality check: could our universe be a simulation?
The philosopher David Chalmers on whether the universe is a simulation
Lumpily scripted and poorly plotted: Cry Macho reviewed
Clint Eastwood is 91; Cry Macho may well be his last film. Or maybe not. He has, after all, been…
The bleak brilliance of Hud
Hud is a film that has haunted me for decades. I was never sure why. It seemed to be something…
Comparing Peanuts to existentialism is an insult – to Peanuts
For the hundredth, possibly the thousandth, time, Lucy van Pelt offers to hold the football for Charlie Brown so he…
The sheer stupidity of artificial intelligence
Believers in omnipotent machine intelligence are reshaping the world to fit their fantasies
